Mob informant's account of how...

HOFFA DISAPPEARANCE. A

December 23, 1989

DETROIT — HOFFA DISAPPEARANCE. A mob informant's account of how Jimmy Hoffa was slain, dismembered and buried under a football stadium has not helped investigators solve the disappearance of the former Teamsters Union leader. After investigating a description of Hoffa's death by Donald ''Tony the Greek'' Frankos in the November issue of Playboy magazine, the FBI said evidence did not support the account. Frankos claimed Hoffa was shot and killed in the Detroit area and dismembered and his body parts were trucked to New Jersey and buried under Giants Stadium, which was being built in East Rutherford. ''We have conducted an investigation concerning his assertions and cannot find any substantiation for what he said,'' said Hal Helterhoff, special agent in charge of the FBI in Michigan. Hoffa disappeared in July 1975.